Japanese Whaling Essay
Topic: Animal Protection
Question: Should Australia take an aggressive stance against Japanese whalers or not?
1.0 History of Japanese whaling
Japan's first trip to the Antarctic whaling in the mid-1930s, began after World War II. Japan's postwar ruins, the national deprivation. Under general MacArthur's encouragement, the two Japanese Navy ships turned into a processing vessel, heading to the Southern Ocean for whaling. Japan has become rich in meat, imported from Australia and the United States. Japan’s whaling fleet are carried out in the Antarctic, funded by taxpayers. Implementation of government called "research" task which is described euphemistically as ‘scientific research. According to the national research, in 2015, Japan's per …show more content…
On January 15, 2008, Australia argued that Japan's whale hunting in the Southern Ocean (JARPA II) was in breach of various provisions of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) in Australia. Australia demanded that Japanese government should stop "scientific whaling implementation", clearly conveying the attitude of Australia on this issue (Attorney-general Department 2014). Initially, Australia was hoping to resolve the issue through diplomatic negotiations, but the Japanese government insisted in defending its rights of whaling. Australia was adamant that the international court sue …show more content…
Most large whales gather in the waters near Antarctica. In 1980, there was about 760,000 whales present in the South Pacific, with the killing intensified therefore, the whale populations have been greatly reduced. The blue whales are the whalers favourite target and due to uncontrolled hunting in the last decade, 99% of blue whales have been killed.The north Atlantic right whale is the world's rarest whale species, the population is less than 300, and will be extinct in 200 years.
Whales can be significance to Ecotope
Whales are the major predators of fish and krill, but killing whales actually decreases the amount of fish and krill. When whales feed, they rise to the surface and go through a process that results in kicking around the plankton on the surface, giving it more time to reproduce. The more plankton that are produced, the more animal plankton in the sea. This also increases the feeding of larger animals such as whales and allows for more fish and krill in the ocean. Plant plankton also absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of the major contributors to an increase of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. However, when there are too much plankton, the amount of carbon dioxide decreases as they absorb it and help reverse the climate
Question: Should Australia take an aggressive stance against Japanese whalers or not?
1.0 History of Japanese whaling
Japan's first trip to the Antarctic whaling in the mid-1930s, began after World War II. Japan's postwar ruins, the national deprivation. Under general MacArthur's encouragement, the two Japanese Navy ships turned into a processing vessel, heading to the Southern Ocean for whaling. Japan has become rich in meat, imported from Australia and the United States. Japan’s whaling fleet are carried out in the Antarctic, funded by taxpayers. Implementation of government called "research" task which is described euphemistically as ‘scientific research. According to the national research, in 2015, Japan's per …show more content…
On January 15, 2008, Australia argued that Japan's whale hunting in the Southern Ocean (JARPA II) was in breach of various provisions of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) in Australia. Australia demanded that Japanese government should stop "scientific whaling implementation", clearly conveying the attitude of Australia on this issue (Attorney-general Department 2014). Initially, Australia was hoping to resolve the issue through diplomatic negotiations, but the Japanese government insisted in defending its rights of whaling. Australia was adamant that the international court sue …show more content…
Most large whales gather in the waters near Antarctica. In 1980, there was about 760,000 whales present in the South Pacific, with the killing intensified therefore, the whale populations have been greatly reduced. The blue whales are the whalers favourite target and due to uncontrolled hunting in the last decade, 99% of blue whales have been killed.The north Atlantic right whale is the world's rarest whale species, the population is less than 300, and will be extinct in 200 years.
Whales can be significance to Ecotope
Whales are the major predators of fish and krill, but killing whales actually decreases the amount of fish and krill. When whales feed, they rise to the surface and go through a process that results in kicking around the plankton on the surface, giving it more time to reproduce. The more plankton that are produced, the more animal plankton in the sea. This also increases the feeding of larger animals such as whales and allows for more fish and krill in the ocean. Plant plankton also absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is one of the major contributors to an increase of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. However, when there are too much plankton, the amount of carbon dioxide decreases as they absorb it and help reverse the climate